Manufacturers must compete with supermarkets’ private brands

Nguyen Huy Hoang, a senior executive of Kantar Worldpanel, a market analysis firm, said the products with private brands make up 0.6 percent of total products available in the market, compared with 50 percent in France and other European countries.

Hot weather and inflation give supermarket sector summer boost

Inflation and good weather helped buoy the supermarket sector in the 12 weeks to 16 July, with sales up 3.9 per cent. Like-for-like inflation steadied at 3.2 per cent - the same rate as last month - with prices rising following the result of the EU referendum.